The Avengers on video - guide?

[mousemeat]

interesting..if it wasn't Studio Canal, then who ? I was under the impression that copyright to the series, characters, likeness ,etc belongs to them.

[Frankymole]

Might be a press or photographic agency. There are lots of image libraries with the rights to publicity shoot photos, behind-the-scenes photos and the like not taken or issued by the producers at the time.

[mousemeat]

sounds logical that the copyright violations, are from a third tier party..and hence, Alan shutting down.

[dissolute]

Yes, I believe it was either the photographer or photo library but I don't have the details.

[Ian Wegg]

I recall there was an individual freelance photographer who sent invoices for ridiculously large amounts of money to website owners. I remember it resulted in the loss of a very good website of old "Radio Times" covers.

[mousemeat]

I recall there was an individual freelance photographer who sent invoices for ridiculously large amounts of money to website owners. I remember it resulted in the loss of a very good website of old "Radio Times" covers.

Greed. I hate hearing about stuff like this...it's one thing to charge a 'reasonable' fee...it's another when they attempt to charge a huge amount of money...such is the WWW, these days...

[Rhonda]

I'm very dismayed to read what's happened here; the WWW was fun when it started.

[mousemeat]

I'm very dismayed to read what's happened here; the WWW was fun when it started.

it certainly was...of course, when I first surfed the WWW with my Macintosh SE/30, with a monochrome screen, it was mostly Bulletin Boards of many subjects, etc..as I was hooked with a 2600 modem...soon, I added a video card, which allowed me a external color monitor...but initially, the monochrome worked, as in the early days of surfing the WWW, there wasn't a whole heck of a lot of color...both Netscape, and a tad later, Microsoft explorer, opened the portals of the net...and I bought my first 'color' Macintosh, a Quadra 840 AV..with a 15' screen...whoa, nellie!

and the net was fun..and wasn't so creepy, and greedy....so much out there...and of course, I stumbled upon, the first of many sites, geared towards our beloved series.....

[Rhonda]

My memories from '2000 and something' were using it at the library, free hotmail, then getting it at home with 3Kbits/second. It was great to look up anything on on-line libraries like North American Indian tribes (without needing a book), discovering TV discussion forums or downloading blurry Eurovision song contests which took a ridiculous time! It then grew and I remember a Doctor Who fan site that I was on going into meltdown when 'New Who' started due to the number of simultaneous posts. I was also very grateful to be able to contribute a little to Avengers on The Radio, Avengerland and Blakes 7 transcripts etc. I also still enjoy posting reviews of whole Series, an episode at a time, on discussion forums, without much discussion - which is fine - but a bit cheeky. Currently its the Star Cops audios from Big Finish and I hope the mausoleum club comes back online for the latest ones.

I used to have bostonpete.com radio on in the background. Ah, happy days; it still has its moments but far less time spent - and it's mainly here.

[mousemeat]

My memories from '2000 and something' were using it at the library, free hotmail, then getting it at home with 3Kbits/second. It was great to look up anything on on-line libraries like North American Indian tribes (without needing a book), discovering TV discussion forums or downloading blurry Eurovision song contests which took a ridiculous time! It then grew and I remember a Doctor Who fan site that I was on going into meltdown when 'New Who' started due to the number of simultaneous posts. I was also very grateful to be able to contribute a little to Avengers on The Radio, Avengerland and Blakes 7 transcripts etc. I also still enjoy posting reviews of whole Series, an episode at a time, on discussion forums, without much discussion - which is fine - but a bit cheeky. Currently its the Star Cops audios from Big Finish and I hope the mausoleum club comes back online for the latest ones.

I used to have bostonpete.com radio on in the background. Ah, happy days; it still has its moments but far less time spent - and it's mainly here.

society...and the internet, has sure changed over the past 25 years....I sometimes reflect when I first came across David Smith's site on the series..and in September of 2008, I joined this forum...after I was invited by Kim...good times, indeed